Natural Resource and Environment Minor

Courses in the minor may not be counted toward the major, but may be used to satisfy preparation for the major and general education requirements, if applicable. A minimum of six upper division units must be completed in residence at San Diego State University.

Geography Minor

The minor in geography consists of a minimum of 21-22 units of geography to include GEOG 101 , GEOG 102 , GEOG 104 , and one of the following areas:

Cultural
Methods of Geographic Analysis
Natural Resource and Environment
Physical
Urban and Regional Analysis

Nine Units Selected from

GEOG 340 - Geography of Food Units: 3
GEOG 348 - Environment and Development Units: 3
GEOG 370 - Conservation Science and Policy Units: 3
GEOG 375 - Environmental Hydrology Units: 3
GEOG 426 - Regional Field Studies Units: 3
GEOG 440 - Food Justice Units: 3 also listed as
POL S 440 - Food Justice Units: 3
GEOG 570 - Environmental Conservation Practice Units: 3
GEOG 572 - Land Use Analysis Units: 3
GEOG 573 - Population and the Environment Units: 3
GEOG 574 - Water Resources Units: 3
GEOG 575 - Geography of Recreational Land Use Units: 3
GEOG 576 - Advanced Watershed Analysis Units: 3

Methods Courses

Three or four units selected from methods courses

GEOG 380 - Map Investigation Units: 3
GEOG 381 - Computerized Map Design Units: 3
GEOG 383 - GIS Scripting Fundamentals Units: 3
GEOG 385 - Spatial Data Analysis Units: 3
GEOG 484 - Geographic Information Systems Units: 3
GEOG 581 - Cartographic Design Units: 3
GEOG 582 - GIS Programming with Python Units: 3
GEOG 583 - Internet Mapping and Distributed GIServices Units: 3
GEOG 584 - Geographic Information Systems Applications Units: 3
GEOG 585 - Quantitative Methods in Geographic Research Units: 3
GEOG 586 - Qualitative Methods in Geographic Research Units: 3
GEOG 589 - GIS-Based Decision Support Methods Units: 3